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and, you know, it wasn't that president bush just went in and did this on his own. congress had to vote to go in as well. and he had support. like i said, you know, we can never have enough intelligence. so the american people, i don't think, have any alternative but to believe our president. that's why he's been elected. and i certainly hope we never go down this road ever again, because you never want to lose any lives, and there's always an unintended consequences. >> dick cheney has, you know, this new documentary out of him, donna. he said that he regrets nothing. that he would do it again. he would invade iraq again, because saddam hussein was frankly, a terrible person. >> absolutely. but we have a lot of terrible people, all over the world. as we speak right now, in syria, for example, one just passed away in venezuela. we have one in iran. can we solve all our problems by invading sovereign countries? i don't think so. i would hope that we'd learn that we shouldn't just be so happy to go to war before we use all of the other diplomatic and other means at ou
and, you know, it wasn't that president bush just went in and did this on his own. congress had to vote to go in as well. and he had support. like i said, you know, we can never have enough intelligence. so the american people, i don't think, have any alternative but to believe our president. that's why he's been elected. and i certainly hope we never go down this road ever again, because you never want to lose any lives, and there's always an unintended consequences. >> dick cheney has,...
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bush went on national television to announce the start of the u.s. invasion of iraq. he unleashed the extraordinary force known as shock and awe. remember this? massive air bombardment of saddam hussein's dictatorship. ten years later, saddam is dead, but iraqis are still being killed. the victims of sectarian bloodletting. at least 48 people killed just today in a wave of bombings across that country. here are the stats. the war killed 4,488 americans, a much greater toll for the iraqis. more than 134,000 killed. the war has cost hundreds of billions of dollars. of course, the question that always goes along with that, was it worth it? the latest gallup poll finds that a majority of americans, 53%, say sending u.s. troops to fight in iraq was a mistake. 42% agree with the decision to send our troops. cnn's martin savage was in the front lines of the invasion. he was traveling with the marines and he recently caught up with some of these he met way back when. >> fire in the hole! >> reporter: when you're embedded, you get close to war. >> it's getting hot. let's go! >
bush went on national television to announce the start of the u.s. invasion of iraq. he unleashed the extraordinary force known as shock and awe. remember this? massive air bombardment of saddam hussein's dictatorship. ten years later, saddam is dead, but iraqis are still being killed. the victims of sectarian bloodletting. at least 48 people killed just today in a wave of bombings across that country. here are the stats. the war killed 4,488 americans, a much greater toll for the iraqis. more...
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we have president bush doing to presidential humor. we've seen more of than a couple from president obama. >> this is my last white house correspondents' dinner as president. i'm not sure what i'm going to do next. after he left office, vice president gore won an oscar and the nobel peace prize. hey, i don't know, i might win a prize, publishing clearinghouse or something. >> i went shopping at some stores in midtown. i understand governor romney went shopping for some stores in midtown. it's great to be here this evening in the vast, magnificent hilton ballroom or what mitt romney would call a little fixer-upper. >> dean, you see this as a big change in presidential joking, right? the attack comic. >> it is. i wrote about it in my cnn opinion article. you can see the contrast in jokes from reagan making fun of himself for being old. bush made fun of his inability to speak english. self-deprecating humor, you can't go wrong. it makes people like you. no one's offended because you're making fun of yourself. i should do that more. but pr
we have president bush doing to presidential humor. we've seen more of than a couple from president obama. >> this is my last white house correspondents' dinner as president. i'm not sure what i'm going to do next. after he left office, vice president gore won an oscar and the nobel peace prize. hey, i don't know, i might win a prize, publishing clearinghouse or something. >> i went shopping at some stores in midtown. i understand governor romney went shopping for some stores in...
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first president bush doing the p presidential humor and we have seen more than a couple from president obama. >> this is my last white house correspondent dinner as president. i'm not sure what i will do next, and after he left office, vice president gore won an oscar and the nobel peace prize. hey, i don't know, i might win a prize, the publishing clearinghouse or something. >> hey, i went shopping at some stores in midtown. i understand that governor romney went shopping for some stores in midtown. >>> it is great to be here in the evening in this vast magnificent hilton ballroom or what mitt romney would call a little fixer upper e. >> dean, you see this as a big change in the presidential joking? >> yes, it is, and i wrote about it in the cnn opinion article which people can go to see the contrast of jokes of reagan making fun of himself being old, and bush making fun of his ability to speak english and as comedians we did, and so did he. self-deprecating humor is always likable, because i should be more self-deprecating and so people would like me, and that is my dream, but presid
first president bush doing the p presidential humor and we have seen more than a couple from president obama. >> this is my last white house correspondent dinner as president. i'm not sure what i will do next, and after he left office, vice president gore won an oscar and the nobel peace prize. hey, i don't know, i might win a prize, the publishing clearinghouse or something. >> hey, i went shopping at some stores in midtown. i understand that governor romney went shopping for some...
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bush, now president obama. in the past the israeli-palestinian conflict is always at the top of the agenda but given the event in this complicated neighborhood that is now more complicated and confused than ever, the israeli-palestinian conflict is down on the list. the president wants to share information and get information from his israeli counterparts about what's going on in syria. did the government in syria use chemical weapons against its own people. that's a big question. obviously the nuclear showdown with iran. the presidentister wants assurance if that diplomacy doesn't bear fruit that the president of the united states is prepared to put the military option on the table. and, yes, the president did say he wants to have peace in the holy land and he will make that a priority. no accident the president says that this is the first international trip of his second term. >> this is no accident. across this region, the winds of change bring both promise and peril. so i see this visit as an opportunity to
bush, now president obama. in the past the israeli-palestinian conflict is always at the top of the agenda but given the event in this complicated neighborhood that is now more complicated and confused than ever, the israeli-palestinian conflict is down on the list. the president wants to share information and get information from his israeli counterparts about what's going on in syria. did the government in syria use chemical weapons against its own people. that's a big question. obviously the...
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have rachel scler, trainer on the biggest loser, from essence magazine, the managing editor, vanessa bush, and a political comedian. welcome to all of you. dean, i don't know if you watch the show at all, but listening to lily tomlin, do you think she has a point? >> forget the sex. lena dunham is naked all the time. do they not have a wardrobe budget? but about the sex, it's part of the character. it's part of the story line. they're not objectifying women like we see on show after show. so i think it's part of the show, creative process and she should have every right to do this. >> vanessa. >> i kind of did disagree. i was really struck by what tomorr tomlin was saying. there is still an ambivalence that we have about our sexuality, our sexual freedom and how we should express it. >> she said the girls become more accessible, maybe not wisely accessible. a lot of young girls are expected to give a certain sexual act now. young, young girls, maybe 12, 13 years old. that's a right of pass panage i suppose. is that what you're getting at? >> absolutely. obviously they're making choices, c
have rachel scler, trainer on the biggest loser, from essence magazine, the managing editor, vanessa bush, and a political comedian. welcome to all of you. dean, i don't know if you watch the show at all, but listening to lily tomlin, do you think she has a point? >> forget the sex. lena dunham is naked all the time. do they not have a wardrobe budget? but about the sex, it's part of the character. it's part of the story line. they're not objectifying women like we see on show after show....
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. >> what do you make of the fact that ted olson, prominent republican, argued in bush v. gore, is at the mantel of making sure that same-sex marriage is upheld as a constitutional right and you have many prominent republicans who have decided they are in support of same-sex marriage. that was a group that was pretty much in your camp. >> marriage is not a partisan issue. we saw in november of 2012, when four stated voted on marriage, we had tens of thousands of democrats in those states voting for marriage as marriage outdid the republican presidential ticket. this is not a partisan issue. this is an issue that unite the country. we've seen red and blue state as like vote to uphold marriages as a union between one man and woman. it's an american issue. we need to leave it to the american people. >> we'll see how this supreme court weighs in on all of this. it's far from over. we'll be hearing some oral arguments, audiotapes inside. also following tomorrow because case number two goes before the supreme court regarding same-sex marriage. thank you, good to have you. >>> de
. >> what do you make of the fact that ted olson, prominent republican, argued in bush v. gore, is at the mantel of making sure that same-sex marriage is upheld as a constitutional right and you have many prominent republicans who have decided they are in support of same-sex marriage. that was a group that was pretty much in your camp. >> marriage is not a partisan issue. we saw in november of 2012, when four stated voted on marriage, we had tens of thousands of democrats in those...
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those two powerhouse attorneys, on the right, ted olson, former solicitor general under george bush. to his left, jeff boyd, they are partners in the case as plaintiffs in the prop 8 case. and they're speaking live. rest let's listen in. >> based upon the questions that the justices asked, i have no idea. the court has several ways to decide this case from a very broad sweeping conclusion with respect to the rights of our citizens in this country to a narrower ruling limited basically to california. the court never gives you an idea how they will decide it. they didn't today. they have obviously read the briefs. they care about the issues. and then we'll see what the court decides. we'll answer -- david and i will answer more questions, but i want everyone to hear from the individuals for whom this case is about, the real people, sandy and chris and jeff and paul who have been just everyone's hero right from the beginning of this case. and we're just in love with them and we're so humbled by the fact that we get to speak for them in the united states supreme court. did you want to go
those two powerhouse attorneys, on the right, ted olson, former solicitor general under george bush. to his left, jeff boyd, they are partners in the case as plaintiffs in the prop 8 case. and they're speaking live. rest let's listen in. >> based upon the questions that the justices asked, i have no idea. the court has several ways to decide this case from a very broad sweeping conclusion with respect to the rights of our citizens in this country to a narrower ruling limited basically to...
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but every other president in history has lived in comfort and looks like president bush the younger had a bigger white house budget than barack obama does. this is a trivial pursuit. and michele bachmann made a mistake pursuing it. >> he says bachmann is playing small ball with the president and can't backup her criticism. >>> to the politics behind the gun control debate. democrats in the senate have decided not to put a ban on assault weapons in their proposed gun control bill, that's because it's not likely to pass. they're putting more of their efforts into required background checks. vice president joe biden says he's not giving up the fight. >> this is not about anybody's constitutional right to own a weapon. for all those who say we shouldn't and can't ban assault weapons, for all those who say the politics is too hard, how can they say that? when you take a look at those 20 beautiful babies and what happened to them and those six teachers and administrators. >> gloria borger joining me now from washington. gloria, what's going on behind the scenes on capitol hill with these gun
but every other president in history has lived in comfort and looks like president bush the younger had a bigger white house budget than barack obama does. this is a trivial pursuit. and michele bachmann made a mistake pursuing it. >> he says bachmann is playing small ball with the president and can't backup her criticism. >>> to the politics behind the gun control debate. democrats in the senate have decided not to put a ban on assault weapons in their proposed gun control bill,...
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opposed to each other in of course the famous case you know, suzanne, and i know, because we covered it, bush versus gore. and here they are finding themselves on the same side of the issue of same sex marriage. ted olson, icon of the conservative movement talking to him about this, you know, he's been ost ri sized by many on his side of the aisle and he says he's doing it because it's a matter of human dignity. and both men believe this is kind of the last civil rights fight of their generation. and so you're going to be seeing them together. ted olson will be the one arguing the case. he's argued 60 times, suzanne, before the court. he's won 44 of those times. so it will be interesting to watch. >> that is dpoing to be a fascinating case. gloria, tell us a little about you have a special coming up as well. >> we do. >> you've spent a lot of time with these guys. >> it's really a story of how this case all got started. you'll recall, suzanne, when president obama was first elected in 2008, you covered that race, he was elected but then proposition 8 also passed in california. and that outlaw
opposed to each other in of course the famous case you know, suzanne, and i know, because we covered it, bush versus gore. and here they are finding themselves on the same side of the issue of same sex marriage. ted olson, icon of the conservative movement talking to him about this, you know, he's been ost ri sized by many on his side of the aisle and he says he's doing it because it's a matter of human dignity. and both men believe this is kind of the last civil rights fight of their...
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i supported the bush reforms in 2005 and 2006. i think we can find a way of making sure that people here with an undocumented status have an ability to adjust that status. we're not going to be able to deport 12 million people. and there's a way to do this without rewarding them for breaking the line or breaking the law, without rewarding them for cutting in line so they don't have a special and unique pathway so those who came here legally who paid the fines, who waited patiently are not penalized by letting people cut in front of them. i think there's a way to do this. and i would call it earned legalization status. >> let's bring in chief political analyst gloria borger. gloria, could it be that congress might actually get a little something done here? how close are lawmakers to coming up with an immigration reform plan that everyone likes or can agree to? >> i sense your skepticism because it's hard to accept congress is going to accept something. i do think, not to be polly anna here, i think you see movement on that front. t
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every other president in history lived in comfort and president bush the younger had a bigger budget than barack obama does. this is a trivial pursuit and michel michele bachmann made a mistake pursuing it. >> he said she needs to focus on bigger issues. >>> will gitmo ever close? facebook.com/carol cnn or tweet me @carolcnn. a lot of heat with this question. keep it coming. you can rent a car without a reservation... and without a line. now that's a fast car. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. [ male announcer ] this is a reason to look twice. the stunning lexus es. get great values on your favorite lexus models during the command performance sales event. this is the pursuit of perfection. like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. >>> now to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question of the morning. will gitmo ever close? gitmo. seems so 2008? when president obama vowe
every other president in history lived in comfort and president bush the younger had a bigger budget than barack obama does. this is a trivial pursuit and michel michele bachmann made a mistake pursuing it. >> he said she needs to focus on bigger issues. >>> will gitmo ever close? facebook.com/carol cnn or tweet me @carolcnn. a lot of heat with this question. keep it coming. you can rent a car without a reservation... and without a line. now that's a fast car. it's just another...
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bush's presidential campaigns. >> i appreciate her encouragement that i ought to go home to texas. i'd be ennewsed if i ran for office to have her support. but i don't think i'm particularly good candidate, sort of a balding fat guy. and second of all, i'd say if i did run for office and win, i'd serve out my term. i wouldn't leave office midterm. >> ouch. our question, in a i'm threat cal match-up, who wins over the republican faithful, karl rove or sarah palin? >> sarah palin. simply because she's just more likeable. you may think she's an idiot, you may think she has no idea what she's talking about, but there is something about her charisma that attracts a large number of people and causes people to want to listen to her and be attracted to her. karl rove is right. he does not have that appeal. and worse yet is that he has a lot of egg on his face from 2012 including the meltdown in ohio. so if you go past the last victories, last thing we saw from karl rove was a total melt dunn. >> he's right, it's sarah palin. karl rove seems to know his place and he knows it's behind the sc
bush's presidential campaigns. >> i appreciate her encouragement that i ought to go home to texas. i'd be ennewsed if i ran for office to have her support. but i don't think i'm particularly good candidate, sort of a balding fat guy. and second of all, i'd say if i did run for office and win, i'd serve out my term. i wouldn't leave office midterm. >> ouch. our question, in a i'm threat cal match-up, who wins over the republican faithful, karl rove or sarah palin? >> sarah...
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moment, a new york judge may correct what many are calling an injustice made when the first george bush was president. a man convicted of murder of a rabbi in 1991 could go free. the brooklyn d.a. will ask the judge to throw out the case of david ranta, accused of killing a rabbi, reported survivor of auschwitz and champion of jews in brooklyn. a robber gunned the rabbi down and got away in his car. detectives say they had ranta's confession, eyewitnesss, and more. later, witnesses said they lied, one even saying a detective told him to i.d. ranta. the detective talked to mary snow. >> ma'am, i didn't do anything wrong. i stand by my investigation, and i don't know what else to tell you. >> reporter: what is your reaction to the fact that this conviction is being likely being overturned? >> well, i really can't talk about that. all i have to say is they let mr. ranta out today, they are going to let him out, it's not a personal thing. i did what i had to do, and i wish him health. >> let's get some legal advice now, cnn legal analyst sunny hostin. the prosecutor asking for david ranta t
moment, a new york judge may correct what many are calling an injustice made when the first george bush was president. a man convicted of murder of a rabbi in 1991 could go free. the brooklyn d.a. will ask the judge to throw out the case of david ranta, accused of killing a rabbi, reported survivor of auschwitz and champion of jews in brooklyn. a robber gunned the rabbi down and got away in his car. detectives say they had ranta's confession, eyewitnesss, and more. later, witnesses said they...
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latino support for republicans has dropped in the span of eight years from 44%, that's what george bush received, to just 27% for mitt romney. alex, why do you think that's happened, can the party reverse it? >> i think we lost our way. we for got i think that this country at some point everybody goes back and their family came here from somewhere. most americans. and we forgot that the new blood re-energizes this country. and i think part of that was the contribution that, well, we didn't have secure borders and at a time when the economy is cratering, all of a sudden it became a very dark process, we're eating our own tail. more jobs for immigrants may have meant less jobs for someone else. and the way you lead yourself out of that is, no, no, everyone has something to con tribute. let's get an immigration process that brings people who want to come here, who want to become americans, who want to contribute to this country not take from this country. and that's always been the republican message. fortunately, they allowed a few republican media consultants to stay. i'm happy about tha
latino support for republicans has dropped in the span of eight years from 44%, that's what george bush received, to just 27% for mitt romney. alex, why do you think that's happened, can the party reverse it? >> i think we lost our way. we for got i think that this country at some point everybody goes back and their family came here from somewhere. most americans. and we forgot that the new blood re-energizes this country. and i think part of that was the contribution that, well, we...
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the fifth sinkhole this month, about 2.5 miles from the home where jeff bush was killed when the sinkhole swallowed his bedroom. crews demolished his home. >>> a new jersey man claims he is the winner of the powerball. the man says he has the winning ticket for the fourth largest jackpot in history. cnn has not been able to confirm he's the winner. lottery officials will not confirm the identity until all paperwork is confirmed. everybody playing the waiting game. >> everybody saying is it you, is it you, are you sure it wasn't you? it's almost like a cat and mouse game. everybody coming together, smiling, trying to figure out who it was. >> after taxes, the winner will take home $151 million. >>> a london teenager no longer has to worry about allowance from his parents. he created a news reading app and sold it to yahoo! for $30 million. sfwln zain verje has more. >> nick from london, yahoo! just bought his app for $30 million. he taught himself to write software, and he sorted news to short, concise summaries. this is what it looks like, columns with different news stories and sorts the
the fifth sinkhole this month, about 2.5 miles from the home where jeff bush was killed when the sinkhole swallowed his bedroom. crews demolished his home. >>> a new jersey man claims he is the winner of the powerball. the man says he has the winning ticket for the fourth largest jackpot in history. cnn has not been able to confirm he's the winner. lottery officials will not confirm the identity until all paperwork is confirmed. everybody playing the waiting game. >> everybody...
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in the camp david process and others, the israelis miss that, a guy who can draw the maps, president bush didn't get that involved. president obama hasn't gotten that involved. they're different people, personally and how they carry themselves politically and in their philosophies. the prime minister in cracking jokes when the president has landed is trying to say, i'm trying and now we'll see if the president is trying. >> we'll get back to jessica in a moment. tom foreman, this trip comes at a time when so many israelis feel increasingly vulnerable due in large part to the major political changes occurring in the region and their neighborhood. tom is taking a closer look at that region. what are you seeing, tom? >> john made references of being able to draw the map there. it is important to bear in mind the map here. look at where the president is visiting here, he's going to really a small part of a small area, but a very important part as you know, with stops in jordan, here in israel, the yellow part in here, and in the west bank here. in this time, he's going to be grappling with ma
in the camp david process and others, the israelis miss that, a guy who can draw the maps, president bush didn't get that involved. president obama hasn't gotten that involved. they're different people, personally and how they carry themselves politically and in their philosophies. the prime minister in cracking jokes when the president has landed is trying to say, i'm trying and now we'll see if the president is trying. >> we'll get back to jessica in a moment. tom foreman, this trip...
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came out in favor of it, senator rand paul came out in favor of it, marco rubio is in favor of it, jeb bush is in favor of it, governor christie is in favor of it. practically every 2016 potential nominee being mentioned in the republican party, paul ryan, you name it, is in favor of immigration reform. so i don't know where you turn to if you're against it. >> i've got to wrap this up and i'm sure we all three will make an appearance on the rush limbaugh show later today. ana navarro, ross douthat, thanks so much for joining us. >>> burning bridges with your bosses. jay leno scorches nbc amid talks he's on the way out. coming up, some of the comedian's toughest punch lines. this is so sick! i can't believe your mom let you take her car out. this is awesome! whoooo! you're crazy. go faster! go faster! go faster! go faster! no! stop...stop... (mom) i raised my son to be careful... hi, sweetie. hi, mom. (mom) but just to be safe... i got a subaru. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. >>> talk on nbc that jimmy fallon might take over "the tonight show" is no laughing matter for
came out in favor of it, senator rand paul came out in favor of it, marco rubio is in favor of it, jeb bush is in favor of it, governor christie is in favor of it. practically every 2016 potential nominee being mentioned in the republican party, paul ryan, you name it, is in favor of immigration reform. so i don't know where you turn to if you're against it. >> i've got to wrap this up and i'm sure we all three will make an appearance on the rush limbaugh show later today. ana navarro,...